GPT-6 Astra vs Muse Spark Open
Updated October 21, 2026. 26 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
vs boards won of 26 shared
Decision reading
Pick GPT-6 Astra for coding: it scores 88.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 62.1 for Muse Spark Open.
Pick Muse Spark Open when output tokens cost 11.8x less, or when what matters is SciCode or Finance Agent (Vals AI), where it leads.
Model AGPT-6 AstraOpenAI88.7/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BMuse Spark OpenMeta62.1/1002 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
- Shared results
- 26
- GPT-6 Astra only
- 93
- Muse Spark Open only
- 0
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, four public coding benchmarks
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra scores 88.7 against 62.1.
2 benchmarks behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only GPT-6 Astra has a AA Intelligence Index result, 52.7.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only GPT-6 Astra has a AA Agentic Index result, 51.0.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra leads, 1337 against 1311.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only GPT-6 Astra has a Vals Index result, 65.0%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra takes 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Muse Spark Open
GPT-6 Astra $0.035, Muse Spark Open $0.0034 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-6 Astra 88.7 from 2 benchmarks, Muse Spark Open 62.1 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 27.2 points apart on average over 9 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LiveBench long agentic: GPT-6 Astra 82.4% against Muse Spark Open 18.9%, 63.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- GPT-6 Astra $50.00 against Muse Spark Open $4.25 per million output tokens, 11.8x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-6 Astra takes 1.05M tokens, Muse Spark Open 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | GPT-6 Astra | Bars | Muse Spark Open | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 8 | 1 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 6 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 3 | 0 | ||
| General | 2 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 23 | 3 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index81
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 93.7% | 73.6% | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena WebDev | 1774 | 1528 | GPT-6 Astra |
| AA Coding Index | 76.9 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 59.6% | 6.6% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 89.6% | 76.2% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 67.7% | 21.2% | GPT-6 Astra |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 5.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 100.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 87.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 43.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 27.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 41.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SciCode | 56.5% | 58.4% | Muse Spark Open |
| FrontierCode | 53.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierSWE | 65.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| GSO-Bench | 79.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| WeirdML | 93.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MirrorCode | 46.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ALE-Bench | 2951.3 | 1590.1 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1489 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1474 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1798 | 1529 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1775 | 1495 | GPT-6 Astra |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1726 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 52.7 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 168.8 | 155.1 | GPT-6 Astra |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index62
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 51.0 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1372 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1357 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1312 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | 1348 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1245 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1380 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench research | 85.2% | 80.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| LiveBench browser | 84.0% | 36.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| LiveBench long agentic | 82.4% | 18.9% | GPT-6 Astra |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 56.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 53.5% | 61.3% | Muse Spark Open |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 20.7% | 26.3% | Muse Spark Open |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 39.4% | 38.5% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 7.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 71.7% | 53.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 79.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 62.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vals Science Index | 65.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Time Horizon Index (Vals AI) | 90.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | 19.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | 23.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| APEX-Agents | 64.7% | 33.4% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Remote Labor Index | 20.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| BALROG | 68.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SpireClimb | 25.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $15,515 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 92.7% | 73.7% | GPT-6 Astra |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 53.1% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 96.3% | 89.0% | GPT-6 Astra |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 54.7% | 43.9% | GPT-6 Astra |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 95.8% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ARC-AGI | 98.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 95.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Chess puzzles | 74.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 84.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| EBR-bench | 76.2% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1463 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1489 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1464 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1297 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1337 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 100.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 93.7% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 97.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| ProofBench | 99.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1465 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1484 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 48.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 75.6% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1451 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1425 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1462 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1439 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1337 | 1311 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1394 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1474 | 1290 | GPT-6 Astra |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1335 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1501 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1379 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1431 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1359 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench design | 82.0% | 60.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 65.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 83.0% | 60.2% | GPT-6 Astra |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 46.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 87.9% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.7% | 78.3% | GPT-6 Astra |
| DTBench | 97.3% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMCA | 64.4% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Furniture assembly | 80.0% | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text | 1441 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1455 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1420 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision | 1280 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1447 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1432 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1489 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1459 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1405 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1428 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1432 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1422 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1438 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1422 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1447 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1460 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1437 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1427 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1280 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1361 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1292 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1286 | Not measured | Only GPT-6 Astra measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | GPT-6 Astra | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
GPT-6 Astra$0.035Fits in one request
Muse Spark Open$0.0034Fits in one request
Muse Spark Open costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
GPT-6 Astra$0.650Fits in one request
Muse Spark Open$0.075Fits in one request
Muse Spark Open costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
GPT-6 Astra$2.50Fits in one request
Muse Spark Open$0.292Fits in one request
Muse Spark Open costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | OpenAI GPT-6 Astra | Meta Muse Spark Open |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Meta |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | September 4, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $10.00 | $1.25 |
| Output $/Mtok | $50.00 | $4.25 |
| Coding index | 88.7 | 62.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-6 Astra better than Muse Spark Open for coding?
Pick GPT-6 Astra for coding: it scores 88.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 62.1 for Muse Spark Open. Pick Muse Spark Open when output tokens cost 11.8x less, or when what matters is SciCode or Finance Agent (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, GPT-6 Astra or Muse Spark Open?
GPT-6 Astra costs $10.00 per million input tokens and $50.00 per million output tokens; Muse Spark Open costs $1.25 and $4.25. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-6 Astra or Muse Spark Open?
GPT-6 Astra, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
How many benchmarks is the GPT-6 Astra vs Muse Spark Open comparison based on?
26 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-6 Astra's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Muse Spark Open's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.